[:ja]【宇宙からの地球絶景】No.247: 北アフリカの砂嵐🇹🇳🇩🇿🇲🇦🇪🇭🇪🇸[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.247: Dust Storm Over North Africa🇹🇳🇩🇿🇲🇦🇪🇭[:]

[:ja]NASAの地球観測衛星Suomi NPPが捉えた北アフリカの砂嵐です。チュニジアから西サハラ、欧州のスペインまで3千km以上の広範囲にわたって広がっています。

以下は数日前にリビアを襲った砂嵐がサウジアラビアのジェッダを襲った時の様子です。

参考文献： Dust Storm Over North Africa
ウェブ地球儀で地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH

[Earthview Wonders] No.247: Dust Storm Over North Africa🇹🇳🇩🇿🇲🇦🇪🇭

NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured the dust storm over North Africa. The storm covers an extensive area over 3,000km from Tunisia to Western Sahara and Spain of Europe.

The dusty weather in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia caused by a sandstorm that hit the Libyan desert in the past few days.

Reference: Dust Storm Over North Africa
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.247: Dust Storm Over North Africa🇹🇳🇩🇿🇲🇦🇪🇭

NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured the dust storm over North Africa. The storm covers an extensive area over 3,000km from Tunisia to Western Sahara and Spain of Europe.

The dusty weather in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia caused by a sandstorm that hit the Libyan desert in the past few days.

Reference: Dust Storm Over North Africa
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]

Sanefumi Sammy Shoji

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マレーシア生まれ、幼少期を東南アジアで、中・高を米国ロサンゼルスで過ごす。小5の時にNHK特集「地球大紀行」を見て衝撃を受け、宇宙と地球の不思議に強い興味を持つ。大学院で惑星科学を研究後、一転、外資系投資銀行に新卒で入社。投資会社も含め10年間国際金融に携わった後、2014年、「地球を俯瞰する視点を社会に提供する」をミッションとして、究極のデジタル地球儀を開発する㈱ライブ・アースを設立、代表取締役に就任。[:en]

Born in Malaysia, spent his youth in South East Asia and Los Angeles, U.S.. Strongly moved by Japanese science documentary TV program “The Miracle Planet” in fifth grade, grew strong interest in space and Earth, and majored planetary science at graduate school. Was engaged in international financing transactions for 10 years at a U.S. investment bank and a Japanese investment firm. Established LiVEARTH, Inc. in 2014 with a mission to “provide Earth-overviewing perspective to the world”.[:]